I’m with you Steve. One thing I would mention is the taxpayers of Hennepin country bought the Pohlads their stadium and not the state as a whole.
“One thing I would mention is the taxpayers of Hennepin country bought the Pohlads their stadium and not the state as a whole.”
You are correct. But the Legislature and Gov Pawlenty signed off on a bill that stripped Hennepin County residents of the right to decide (in a referendum) as to whether we wanted to be taxed for a new stadium.
The Twins told ‘em that if the referendum amendment wasn’t stripped, they considered it to be a deal-breaker (IOW, we’ll leave).
We never got the chance to vote on it. I consider that to be extraorinarily unforgivable.